{"product_id":"make-space-isbn-9781118143728","title":"Make Space","description":"\"If you are determined to encourage creativity and provide a collaborative environment that will bring out the best in people, you will want this book by your side at all times.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—Bill Moggridge\u003c\/b\u003e, Director of the Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum  \u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eMake Space\u003c\/i\u003e is an articulate account about the importance of space; how we think about it, build it and thrive in it.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—James P. Hackett\u003c\/b\u003e, President and CEO, Steelcase\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn inspiring guidebook filled with ways to alter space to fuel creative work and foster collaboration.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBased on the work at the Stanford University d.school and its Environments Collaborative Initiative, \u003ci\u003eMake Space\u003c\/i\u003e is a tool that shows how space can be intentionally manipulated to ignite creativity. Appropriate for designers charged with creating new spaces or anyone interested in revamping an existing space, this guide offers novel and non-obvious strategies for changing surroundings specifically to enhance the ways in which teams and individuals communicate, work, play--and innovate.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInside are:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eTools\u003c\/b\u003e--tips on how to build everything from furniture, to wall treatments, and rigging\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eSituations\u003c\/b\u003e--scenarios, and layouts for sparking creative activities\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eInsights\u003c\/b\u003e--bite-sized lessons designed to shortcut your learning curve\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eSpace Studies\u003c\/b\u003e--candid stories with lessons on creating spaces for making, learning, imagining, and connecting\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eDesign Template\u003c\/b\u003e--a framework for understanding, planning, and building collaborative environments\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMake Space\u003c\/i\u003e is a new and dynamic resource for activating creativity, communication and innovation across institutions, corporations, teams, and schools alike. Filled with tips and instructions that can be approached from a wide variety of angles, \u003ci\u003eMake Space\u003c\/i\u003e is a ready resource for empowering anyone to take control of an environment.\u003c\/p\u003e  Foreword\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid Kelley\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGeorge Kembel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Environments Collaborative\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Instructions\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Tools\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Situations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Insights\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Design Template\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Space Studies\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e  “If you are determined to encourage creativity and provide a collaborative environment that will bring out the best in people, you will want this book by your side at all times. You can browse it for tools to enhance teamwork, configurations to enable activities, insights about communal behaviors, design templates and first person stories. The way we design our spaces can help us or hinder us, inspire new ideas or stifle them, make it easier to work together or set us apart. Discover here how to improve team dynamics by altering your physical environment.”\u003cbr\u003e — Bill Moggridge, Director of the Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum  \u003cb\u003eScott Witthoft\u003c\/b\u003e's professional work as an engineer and a designer has focused on understanding and manipulating interactions among systems. This has covered a spectrum including forensic structural engineering, furniture design, and curriculum design. Scott is an amateur musician with a love of stringed instruments. As a Lecturer at Stanford University, he teaches classes in human-centered design and storytelling and visual communication. Scott has degrees in civil engineering from Washington University in St. Louis (BS, '99) and The University of Texas at Austin (MS, '00), and product design from Stanford University (MSE '08).  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eScott Doorley\u003c\/b\u003e's work focuses on how physical context and digital media can benefit human experience.\u003cbr\u003e His installations with the Dacha Art Collective have been exhibited in the San Jose Museum of Art and the Gray Area Foundation for the Arts San Francisco. Currently he is the Creative Director at the Stanford d.school, where he teaches classes in subjects at the intersection of design and media arts: storytelling and visual communication, improv, and digital media.\u003cbr\u003e Scott has degrees in film from the University of California, Los Angeles (BA '96) and learning, design, and technology from Stanford University (MA '06).\u003c\/p\u003e  make space is about creative spaces and about creating spaces. Space is more than just the physical environment.  \u003cp\u003eFive types of content are mixed into the book.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEnter from whatever direction suits your needs:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003etools\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e stuff to build\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003esituations\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e quick, repeatable configurations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003einsights\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ideas to consider\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003edesign template\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e a simple breakdown of how the properties of places can spark actions and attitudes in people\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003espace studies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e true stories about making space and living in it\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe more than 100 mini-entries in this book will help you slice through this complexity and jump from inspiration to action: make an existing space more collaborative, conceive of new creative work spaces, and design learning environments from scratch.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis guiding content emerged from a five-year experiment at the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford (aka the \"d.school\") and from continuous (but jovial) poking and prodding of countless students, faculty, visitors, and project partners.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eScott Doorley\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eScott Witthoft\u003c\/b\u003e are directors of the Environments Collaborative at Stanford University's d.school—the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design. With the d.school's support, they have prepared make space as a tool for everyone interested in designing and creating environments to support creative collaboration.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eScott Doorley's work focuses on how physical context and digital media can benefit human experience.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHis installations with the Dacha Art Collective have been exhibited in the San Jose Museum of Art and the Gray Area Foundation for the Arts San Francisco. Currently he is the Creative Director at the Stanford d.school, where he teaches classes in subjects at the intersection of design and media arts: storytelling and visual communication, improv, and digital media.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eScott has degrees in film from the University of California, Los Angeles (BA '96) and learning, design, and technology from Stanford University (MA '06).\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003eBill Moggridge, Director of the Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum:\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\"If you are determined to encourage creativity and provide a collaborative environment that will bring out the best in people, you will want this book by your side at all times.\"  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames P. 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